[Hyposmia in bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis (author's transl)]

The hypothesis that denervation of the motor nerves of the larynx regularly results in hyposmia, has been examined by measuring the olfactory acuity in patients with bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis. Hyposmia occurred in 28% of the patients who were decannulated following successful endolaryngeal artytenoidectomy (Thornell procedure).